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COMING UP AHEAD. HAPPENING TODAY, DES MOINES POLICE WILL BE UPDATING US ON THE DEADLY SHOOTING THAT ERUPTED AT A LOCAL NONPROFIT. STARTS RIGHT HERE. PARENT AND RUSHED OVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN FEAR THEIR CHILD WAS HURT IN THE VIOLENCE. TWO TEENS, A 16 YEAR OLD AND AN 18 YEAR OLD, WERE SHOT AND KILLED. THE FOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR AT RISK YOUTH WAS ALSO HURT. THIS MAN, PRESTON WALLS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THAT DEADLY SHOOTING. POLICE SAY HE AND THE TEENS WERE IN RIVAL GANGS. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE TEENS WERE TARGETED BECAUSE OF AN ONGOING DISPUTE. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL SHAKEN BY THE SHOOTING THAT UNFOLDED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAPPENED AT A PLACE LOOKING TO KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM THIS EXACT TYPE OF VIOLENCE. RIGHT IN ����vlog HAS COVERED THE WORK. WILL KEEPS WAS DOING AT THE CENTER SINCE IT OPENED. ����vlog 8 LAUREN JOHNSON IS LIVE. IT STARTS RIGHT HERE WITH MORE ON THE LEADER AND MENTOR LAUREN. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. KEEPS IS STILL RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. HE DID TRY TO STOP THAT DEADLY SHOOTING. HOWEVER HE WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS AND SO MUCH OF WHO HE IS IS REFLECTED IN HIS NONPROFIT THAT IS HERE RIGHT BEHIND ME. THE CHICAGO NATIVE STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE KIDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL SAFE AND KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS. HE SAID HE EXPERIENCED A WORLD OF GANGS AND VIOLENCE WHEN HE LIVED IN CHICAGO, SO YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE KEEPS FROM HIS RAP VIDEOS. HE SHARES AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THROUGH THE MUSIC THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER. AND THAT MESSAGE HOLDS A DIFFERENT WEIGHT TODAY. WE’RE LOSING A LOT OF KIDS TO THE STREETS. WE’RE LOSING A LOT OF KIDS TO TO THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND GANGS. AND WE LOSING A LOT OF KIDS ON THAT LEVEL. THAT’S RIGHT. SO DES MOINES POLICE JUST SHARED MOMENTS AGO TO PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR BELIEVING TO BE TIED TO THIS INCIDENT HAVE BEEN SINCE RELEASED. SO THEY WILL NOT BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING AND RELATED TO THIS CRIME OR THIS SHOOTING AND KEEPS IN THE TWO TEENS THAT WERE KILLED HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF THOUGHTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS STARTS RIGHT HERE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHARED IN A STATEMENT YESTERDAY. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN AND ANGRY THAT TWO OF OUR STUDENTS WERE SHOT AND KILLED. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH WILL IN THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF ALL THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS TRAGEDY. REPORTING LIVE HERE IN